Colonial Acts
Britain wanted to support its struggling British East India Tea Company. So Britain told the colonists that was the only tea they could drink.
What is The Tea Act
British Soldiers were none as _______ in the colonies
What is The Redcoats
The first European colony established in America
What is the Jamestown Colony in Virginia
To force
What is Impose
Colonists had to buy special paper from Britain for all printed documents, including playing cards. This led to riots in Boston and Philadelphia. Britain repealed (got rid of) the act.
What is The Stamp Act
What year Europe established colonies in America
What is the early 1600’s
The New England Colonies
What are
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
A slogan used by the American colonists against their British Rulers
What is No Taxation without Representation
Britain restated its right to tax the colonies after they repealed the stamp act
What is The Declaratory Act
Group of women that fought against British taxes and rule
What is Daughters of liberty
The Middle Colonies
What are
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
the lawmaking group in the government of Great Britain
What is Parliament
Britain taxed tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint. This led some colonists to boycott, or refuse to buy, British goods.
What is The Townshend Act
The sons of liberty dumped the entire shipment of Indian tea into the Boston Harbor
What is The Boston Tea Party
Southern Colonies
What are
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
to revoke or take away
What is Repeal
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, the British established military rule in Boston.
What is The Coercive Acts
European settler that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and found “a new world” in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
Jamestown, Virginia was named after?
Who is King James I
13 British settlements that became the original states of the United States of America
What is Colonies